RO/DI filtration question

[xian]

This one is particularly for you guys with wells.

My concern is for the new house:

If I am to run my RO/DI system to fill a resivior for autotop off and use in mixing new salt water as well as a bladder tank for my refrigerator what do I do about the waste water? Obviously I know I can drain it into a umm.. drain, or collect it for watering flowers house plants and what not but do I need to be worried about the water running constantly?

 

[scotia-reefer]

Hook it up to a system so that your washing machine uses it too. If you want to you could figure out a way to have it feed the hot water heater as well.

marineandreef.com has a waste free RO system. I don't know how well it works but maybe it's something you want to look into.

 

[xmystified]

I have my ro/di hooked to a bladder tank and a 35 gallon plastic trash can, i have a "T" after the membrane with 1 line to my bladder tank and the other going to the di filter, on the bladder tank is a presure cut off switch and on the trash can is a float switch that are wired to an electric water shut off valve and my booster pump when the presure in the tank reaches 60psi the water valve and pupm turn off or when the trash can float switch make it also turns off the valve and pump, this way my water only runs when there is a demand for it. if ya need more help I'll pm you my phone number. I think we are close, I`m on 142 in Brunswick

 

[Unresistible Blue]

An easy fix to that situation is to buy and install and "automatic shut off valve." You'll need a check valve for the installation as well. That way, when you stop the flow of purified water with a float valve, or an auro top off of however, the auto shut off valve stops the flow of waste water.

Blue

 

[Dave ESPI]

yeah what UB said.

www.wateranywhere.com get a pressure back feed auto shut off switch and control module. I may actualy haveone around here, but you will need the "switch" .

 

[Ken668]

Matt,
I might have missed it, but where did you end up getting your RO/DI unit? I know the ones mentioned on e-bay have the automatic shut off valve included already.

If you're still battling red-cyano, you might need to asses the age of your lighting. I know especially with PCs, once you hit a certain point (8-10 months?) you can have a explosion of red-cyano due to spectrum shift. I have experienced this a couple times and I know Rainer just witnessed this too. Once the bulbs are replaced, you'd be surprised as to how quickly the red-cyano melts away.

 

[xian]

Ken, bulbs are new as of this winter. Cyano is dying back.

Everyone I will get more help with the RO/DI thing when I get my new system up.